Run, Don't Walk, To The Decadestwo Pop-Up In NYC

Forget eating your Wheaties--Christos Garkinos, co-owner of the inimitable L.A. consignment store Decadestwo, has one suggestion for women coming to his pop-up shop in New York City this week: "Wear your Balmain shoulder pads to push through the crowds!" And with amazing discounts pieces from Chanel, Alexander McQueen, and Christian Louboutin, you better believe there will be crowds...

For the third time, Garkinos and his business partner, Cameron Silver, have packed up an incredible stash of "pre-loved" designer goods from their high-end consignment boutique and schlepped them across the country to the four-days-only pop-up shop at Soho's Kiki de Montparnasse. I got a sneak peek this morning at a private shopping preview (and yes, managed to do a bit of my own credit card damage!), and if you live in the New York area, this sale is not to be missed. There's a special section dedicated to Alexander McQueen (above), and Garkinos says five pieces already found new owners in the first hour of the private preview. "We didn't want to feel like we were trying to capitalize on anything, so we kind of just quietly put the word out, if you have any McQueen, we're opening this pop-up on his birthday, and people responded very nicely," he said.

There are also piles of gorgeous handbags (Marc Jacobs, Goyard, Vuitton, you name it), a special section dedicated to Chanel, and racks and racks of gorgeous gowns, suits, and dresses. And don't worry if you can't make it down there tomorrow--Garkinos says "we have another thousand items in the back, and we'll be replenishing all weekend." But by far the sale's biggest draw each year (and the best reason to wear your Balmain shoulder pads) are the shoes, which get some special attention with their own dedicated day on Sunday. We're talking truckloads of Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik at $150 or less here, ladies!

Decadestwo held a similar shoe sale earlier this year L.A., and women literally slept on the street in sleeping bags to their hands on the goods. If you're in the New York area, pop by Kiki de Montparnasse to do some retail damage of your own: